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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLUE RIDGE LEGAL SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,283,756
Total expenses
$3,129,565
Contributions and grants received
$3,243,400
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$40,356
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,944,400
Total liabilities, end of year
$450,901
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,493,499
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,819,246
Management and general expenses
$271,367
Fundraising expenses
$38,952
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,819,246

Program services were 90.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,057,320

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $186,080

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,356 · excluded $40,356

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,075,861 · program services $1,890,626 · management and general $158,473 · fundraising $26,762

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $121,149 · program services $104,189 · management and general $15,749 · fundraising $1,211

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $408,110 · program services $353,703 · management and general $50,276 · fundraising $4,131

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $153,986 · program services $131,928 · management and general $20,018 · fundraising $2,040

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,743 · program services $20,158 · management and general $4,585

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,419 · program services $2,419

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,713 · program services $2,713

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,475 · program services $73,781 · management and general $8,373 · fundraising $1,321

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $74,360 · program services $66,716 · management and general $7,644

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,819 · program services $22,285 · management and general $2,782 · fundraising $2,752

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,019 · program services $3,358 · fundraising $661

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,780 · program services $4,292 · management and general $488

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,550 · program services $14,625 · management and general $925

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $53,351 · program services $51,897 · management and general $1,454

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY MATERIALS

    total $26,282 · program services $26,282

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DUES

    total $24,694 · program services $24,694

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $20,719 · program services $20,430 · management and general $215 · fundraising $74

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,535 · program services $5,150 · management and general $385

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $500

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,328,963 · end of year $1,478,475

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $154,260 · end of year $130,119

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,710 · end of year $13,895

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $451,707

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $432,535

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,953 · end of year $19,172

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $323,217 · end of year $302,239

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $138,688 · end of year $139,249

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $38,787 · end of year $16,000

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,520 · end of year $42,025

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $314,300 · end of year $253,627

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,339,308 · end of year $1,493,499

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BLUE RIDGE LEGAL SERICES IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN NON-CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TO PERSONS FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO AFFORD LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN THE WESTERN VIRGINIA AREAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO POOR

  • BLUE RIDGE LEGAL SERVICES CLOSED 2,510 CASES FOR LOW-INCOME CLIENTS IN 2023. IN CASES INVOLVING ON-GOING REPRESENTATION, WE FULLY ACHIEVED OUR CLIENTS' GOALS IN 88% OF THE CASES, AND PARTIALLY ACHIEVED THEM IN ANOTHER 10%. WE ACHIEVED 2,766 OUTCOMES FOR 2,510 CLIENTS THAT BENEFITED 6,475 LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING AFFIRMATIVE LUMP SUM RECOVERIES OF $877,249; AFFIRMATIVE MONTHLY RECOVERIES OF $39,662; AVOIDANCE OF $1,702,729 IN LUMP SUM DEBTS OR DAMAGES; AND AVOIDANCE OF $9,318 IN MONTHLY OBLIGATIONS.

    Expenses $2,819,246

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mathew E Bass

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Arthur J Hamilton

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kathleen L Wright

    BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Grant D Penrod

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Madison C Guidry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Prof C Elizabeth Belmont

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Hugh B Wellons

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shiimayne Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christopher S Dadak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mallory Douglas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Laura Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sydney Sydnor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Debra Diane Madden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bradley J Moyers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Brian Potter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • April Wilson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jessica P Preston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • John C Wirth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411299349301031

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